RE: Pew Research
April 30, 2018 at 1:31 pm
(This post was last modified: April 30, 2018 at 1:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I wonder how many peoples beliefs (or lack thereof) are actually informed by wish-fulfillment?
Further, I wonder what percentage of people who think that others beliefs (or lack thereof) are actually informed by wish fulfillment think so because their beliefs are so informed?
From the standpoint of christian mythology the proposition that anyone is an atheist because they want to keep sinning is ludicrous. All will sin. Believers will sin, atheists will sin. We don;t need justifications to sin..and the status of our belief does not alter either our capacity or our propensity to do so.
From the standpoint of a lucid human being..it fares no better. I like to smoke weed and don't want to go to jail. This doesn't lead me into thinking that cops and courts are non-existent. I couldn't believe that no matter how high I got. IMO, no matter what angle it's approached from....the proposition is impossible to maintain unless a person is a real dumb asshole.
Further, I wonder what percentage of people who think that others beliefs (or lack thereof) are actually informed by wish fulfillment think so because their beliefs are so informed?
From the standpoint of christian mythology the proposition that anyone is an atheist because they want to keep sinning is ludicrous. All will sin. Believers will sin, atheists will sin. We don;t need justifications to sin..and the status of our belief does not alter either our capacity or our propensity to do so.
From the standpoint of a lucid human being..it fares no better. I like to smoke weed and don't want to go to jail. This doesn't lead me into thinking that cops and courts are non-existent. I couldn't believe that no matter how high I got. IMO, no matter what angle it's approached from....the proposition is impossible to maintain unless a person is a real dumb asshole.
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